#Reality

It’s time to move beyond the smartphone screen and into the world of Minecraft.
Oculus VR, Facebook’s virtual reality company, has launched Minecraft: Gear VR Edition on the Oculus Store for $7 . This is the VR version of the phenomenally popular block-building game that debuted in 2009 on PC and has since gone on to dominate the world with fans buying millions of copies across desktop, mobile, and consoles. It is now fully functional with the Gear VR, which is...

26 April 2016 – HTC Corporation ("HTC"), a pioneer in innovative, smart technologies, today announced it is launching Vive X, a global accelerator program targeted at start-ups operating in the virtual reality (VR) space.
With a $100m investment fund led by HTC, the program is designed to help cultivate, foster and grow the global VR ecosystem by supporting start-ups and providing them with expertise, special access to advanced VR technology, financial investment,...

By David Pierce
You’ve seen the photo . Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg striding through Samsung’s Mobile World Congress press conference, breezing past dozens of reporters and industry types too engrossed by their Gear VR headsets to notice the most powerful man in the Internet. Zuck’s smile suggests he can’t quite believe the scene. It’s an instantly iconic image, something that will make an alien race one day wonder what the hell those...

By Jonathan Vanian
What using Sony’s upcoming virtual reality headset is like.
Sony made a big virtual splash last week.
The company finally said that its PlayStation VR virtual reality headset will debut in October. With the premiere, Sony joins several other big tech companies like Facebook, HTC, and Samsung that see virtual reality as radical new form of entertainment that will change how people watch movies, play games, and socialize with each other....

VR isn’t just for gamers—take a journey through the virtual experiences that will make the real world better
By Joanna Stern
You’re going to own a virtual reality headset one day.
Yes, you’re going to put those funny-looking goggles on your face and your eyes won’t be rolling at me like they are right now.
I’ve been there. My interest in gaming stops at Monopoly. The promise of virtual reality meant little more to me than a funny...